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Cheap textbooks: Huge discounts on college textbooks

AbeBooks.com has been helping students find cheap textbooks for years. Thousands of students each year save huge amounts of money by purchasing their books for school from AbeBooks. Booksellers on AbeBooks offer a vast selection of new and used textbooks as well as reference books, scholarly books, academic journals and a massive range of classic literature.

You can save anywhere between 50% and 90% on textbook list prices. Just search by ISBN and you will see a huge array of books at low, low prices and many even come with free shipping.

International Edition Textbooks

Want to buy cheap textbooks? Consider international editions – textbooks that have been published outside the US. These books are usually significantly cheaper than textbooks published in the US. Offering tremendous value, international edition textbooks are created to be sold in different regions and are often printed on cheaper paper and are usually softcover. The content may be the same as the U.S. version, or may have differences such as the book cover, ISBN, pagination, or region code.

Customers located in the US can now purchase international edition textbooks. However, note that the publishers of international editions generally do not authorize the sale and distribution of international editions in Canada and such sale or distribution may violate the copyrights and trademarks of the publishers of such works.

Buying Textbooks on AbeBooks

AbeBooks has been in the business of helping school, college and university students to find and buy cheap textbooks online since 1996. Thousands of independent booksellers - many of them local bookstores - list their new and used textbooks for sale on our site. There are books from all the major publishers including McGraw Hill and Houghton Mifflin. The sellers ship the books straight to the buyers. The used copies include older editions and they are usually available at the cheapest prices online – even as cheap as $1 plus shipping. Competition between sellers on our marketplace ensures prices remain cheaper than elsewhere.

Typically, you will see same book listed by several sellers so the decision is yours – be sure to compare textbook prices, shipping fees and shipping speeds. Not sure yet? Just go to the search box at the top of this page and look for a textbook (ideally by ISBN). Chances are we've got it and that the price cannot be beaten. Don’t forget that you can also sell textbooks via the AbeBooks' Buyback Program at any time of the year.